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SECRET BI-RACIAL DAUGHTER--This Jan. 31, 2005 file photo shows Essie Mae Washington-Williams during a book signing in Washington. Washington-Williams, the daughter of one-time...

William "Mo" Cowan, center, flanked by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, and Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, right, gestures as he speaks...

CHILDREN WITNESS SIGNING--From left to right: Hinna Zeejah, 8, Taejah Goode, 10, Julia Stokes, 11, and Grant Fritz, 8, who wrote letters to...

TAXES GOING UP--President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the...

FISCAL CLIFF LOOMS LARGE-- In this Dec. 10 photo, fog obscures the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. Big tax increases will hit...

Atlanta business, government and civil rights leaders remember civil rights icon by Dion Rabouin Atlanta Daily World (Real Times News Service)--When Jesse Hill, Jr. the retired CEO of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. and a legendary civil rights activist, passed away yesterday at the age of 86 the city of Atlanta mourned him. JESSE HILL JR. Leaders in civil rights, business and local as well as state government all had their lives impacted by the late business executive and community leader.